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- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

Nutrition News in the Butte Cluster: Article

2017 Impacts: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program in the Butte Cluster

March 5, 2018

EFNEP HISTORY & FUNDING The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) began as an Alabama pilot project in response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) poverty and hunger concerns.

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Colusa County: Article

March 2018

March 5, 2018

Book of the Month - The Plant Lover's Guide to Salvias Ornamental Plant of the Month - Lilies Edible Plant of the Month - Cilantro Recipe of the Month - Cajun Style Shrimp and Cheesy Corn Grits Monarch Butterfly & Milkweed Workshop April 14, 10am to noon Colusa Wildlife Refuge $5...

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Eric Brennen, Anil Shrestha, and Roberto Botelho

Conservation Agriculture: Article

USDA's Brennan hosts Fresno State's Shrestha and Brazil's Botelho!

March 5, 2018

By Jeffrey P Mitchell

News Release March 1, 2018 Salinas, CA USDA's Brennan hosts Fresno State's Shrestha and Brazil's Botelho! Eric Brennan, the well-renowned USDA ARS organic vegetable systems researcher in Salinas, CA provided a simply wonderful and very gracious hosting of Anil Shrestha, also a well-recognized weed e...

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Director of UC Cooperative Extension in Imperial County, Oli Bachie, is chair of the UC ANR Desert Workgroup.

Green Blog: Article

California’s desert agriculture is hot stuff

March 5, 2018

By Jeannette Warnert

Stretching from the Death Valley to Calexico, California's vast dry desert is home to a unique and important agriculture industry. It's a place where summertime temperatures often top the 115-degree mark.

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Article

A federal district judge granted an injunction to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of the DACA program.

March 5, 2018

By Basilisa M Rawleigh

In January, a federal district judge granted an injunction to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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Small and Organic Farm Advisor: Article

Lots of events in March

March 5, 2018

By Margaret G Lloyd

Check out the calendar to see what's happening in March in Yolo/Solano/Sacramento Counties. Insectary Cover Crop Field Day Guild Raising Barn Owls and Bats and their Benefits Farm Finance Expo http://ccsmallfarms.ucanr.

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Food Blog: Article

Announcing California's inaugural Food Waste Prevention Week

March 5, 2018

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Nutrition Policy Institute are pleased to announce March 5 - 9, 2018, as California's inaugural Food Waste Prevention Week.

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UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties: Article

Food Waste Prevention Week

March 5, 2018

Governor Jerry Brown has issued a letter of support and several state agencies have announced the week of March 5-9, 2018 as California's first Food Waste Prevention Week. Happening in March to coincide with National Nutrition Month, partners nationwide are urging everyone to Go Further with Food.

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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Multiple independent origins of glyphosate resistance in Italian ryegrass

March 5, 2018

By Gale Perez

The evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds is an ongoing problem in California agriculture. Resistance to glyphosate has become particularly widespread across the state.

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Wow, Backyard Plant Pathology Detection

March 5, 2018

By Ben A Faber

PULLMAN, Wash. Soil pathogen testing - critical to farming, but painstakingly slow and expensive - will soon be done accurately, quickly, inexpensively and onsite, thanks to research that Washington State University scientists plant pathologists are sharing.

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